The Goshen Planning Board declared its intent to be lead agency and classified the amended-site-plan and special-permit application for 101 River Road Project LLC (formerly Amy’s Kitchen) as a Type I action under state environmental review procedures (SEQR).

Colliers senior project manager Justin Ferrazano presented an overview of the proposed changes: the new owner proposes to reduce the previously approved manufacturing/distribution building from 369,000 square feet to 307,440 square feet, to reduce employee parking and to convert some approved passenger-parking areas into trailer-storage banks. The applicant said the proposed plan reduces impervious area in some places and that previously completed environmental studies remain substantially valid, but staff and board members asked for clarified figures in multiple table entries that were left as “TBD” in the applicant’s submission (acreage changes, drainage totals, and similar numeric fields).

Planning staff urged the applicant to provide accurate, completed tables for the board to confirm the project is consistent with the prior special-permit findings or whether follow-up environmental documentation (a supplemental EIS or targeted studies) will be necessary. Board members also stressed that the change from a manufacturing operation to a speculative warehouse/distribution use has different traffic and operational profiles and said they expect a traffic analysis that reflects the warehouse/distribution use and the proposed trailer-storage bank.

After discussion the board moved to declare intent to act as lead agency for SEQR and to type the project a Type I action (the same classification as the prior Amy’s Kitchen approvals). Those motions passed on voice votes. The board instructed staff and the applicant to refine the submission tables and provide the additional studies or clarifications needed for SEQR and for a final determination on consistency with the original special-permit approvals.